The bullet that killed Charlie Kirk at Utah Valley University did not only strike down a man. It announced something deeper, something darker — the arrival of open spiritual warfare in America. For years, the signs were there: classrooms colonized by ideology, churches emptied by apathy, communities corroded by contempt. But Kirk’s assassination and the celebrations that followed crushed the last illusions. The age of debate has ended. The age of spiritual battle has begun.
Charlie was 31. A husband, a father, a leader who built Turning Point USA into a force for young conservatives. He was gunned down for daring to defend the faith and the family. Yet the greater shock came after the trigger was pulled. Academics mocked his death. Students sniggered. City councilors joked about it. Online mobs raised their glasses as if assassination were a sport. Apparel companies cashed in with t-shirts glorifying the crime. They delighted in his destruction. They rejoiced in widowhood. They chuckled at fatherless children. That response was downright demonic.
This is what spiritual war looks like when it pierces the surface of politics. One side clings to eternal truths, to the God who gives life meaning, to the dignity of the human soul. The other side has surrendered to nihilism. They deny transcendence, they scorn faith, they sanctify power. In their world, opponents are not individuals but problems. And problems, once identified, must be eliminated.
The Bible warns that our struggle is not against flesh and blood but against the rulers of darkness. That warning is no longer distant. It is here. We see it on our streets in the rise of senseless violence. We hear it in classrooms where faith is mocked and vice excused. We witness it online where cruelty is condoned and death becomes a punchline. When a young father’s murder is met with laughter, we are staring into the pit of evil Scripture foretold.
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